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Archae

(47,245 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 09:20 PM Nov 2019

Want to see a really lousy George C. Scott movie?

I just sent a 1973 movie to a friend in Georgia, he loves the movie "Patton," and "Dr Strangelove," he never saw this one.

"Day Of The Dolphin"

It really is shit.

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Want to see a really lousy George C. Scott movie? (Original Post) Archae Nov 2019 OP
I remember seeing this when it first came out... dhill926 Nov 2019 #1
Check out the excellent Flim Flam Man. Sneederbunk Nov 2019 #2
Flim Flam Man was the first George C Scott yellowdogintexas Nov 2019 #6
Seen it - it is pretty bad. csziggy Nov 2019 #3
I can't stand his version of A Christmas Carol. stopbush Nov 2019 #4
He did a crappy sitcom called "Mr President" in the '80's Maine-i-acs Nov 2019 #5
It won an Academy Award for Best Original Music Score Brother Buzz Nov 2019 #7

dhill926

(16,953 posts)
1. I remember seeing this when it first came out...
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 09:32 PM
Nov 2019

based on the fact that Scott was in it. To my recollection, it made very little sense....very little....

csziggy

(34,189 posts)
3. Seen it - it is pretty bad.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 09:36 PM
Nov 2019

When we were in St. Thomas a few weeks ago we went by the Lilly house where dolphin research was done - and that may have inspired the book the movie was loosely based on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%E2%80%93animal_communication#Lilly

stopbush

(24,788 posts)
4. I can't stand his version of A Christmas Carol.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 09:59 PM
Nov 2019

Not an honest minute in the whole thing, and overproduced to a fault.

Maine-i-acs

(1,546 posts)
5. He did a crappy sitcom called "Mr President" in the '80's
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 10:02 PM
Nov 2019

But a lot of awesome roles interspersed.
They can't all be "Patton".
Yes his "Christmas Carol" stank.

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